An anti-Trump protester James Otis was arrested for taking a sledgehammer to Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was charged with felony vandalism.

This October 26, 2016 photo shows a crowd around Donald Trump's vandalised star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, being repaired before being replaced. (AFP file photo)

A man who used a pickaxe and a sledgehammer to smash Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was charged on Thursday with felony vandalism, authorities said.

James Otis, 52, faces a maximum of three years in jail or a $10,000 fine, the Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said.

Otis destroyed the star of the president-elect in the pre-dawn hours of October 27, when Trump was still a candidate, police said. He was arrested soon after.

Otis, who is free on bail and scheduled to be arraigned on Friday, could not immediately be reached for comment and it’s unclear if he has an attorney.

James Otis, the man who admitted to vandalising Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, walks with his attorney Mieke ter Poorten after speaking to the media on October 27, 2016.
(Reuters file photo)

The star, given to Trump in 2007 for his work on the reality show ‘The Apprentice’, has since been repaired.

Otis said at the time that he smashed the star in protest of Trump’s treatment of women, and had initially planned to steal the star, sell it off and give the money to the 11 women who had said Trump groped them.